Sandhills Bass Anglers, North Carolina

Deep cranks are key during the summer time. I found this out last year, if you can find a good point 15-25 ft of water the fish will school up really good. My go to deep water crank last year was the strike king 10XD, as well as the Rapala DT16. I think the key is to grind those bad boys off the bottom (as is the key with any crankbait really). Another thing that was good to me during the summer time at Jordan/Falls was wood. Not always deeper wood either as u might think. Tommy made me a believer in the biffle head swing jigs, i paired them up with a berkley havoc craw and won the Falls tournament last year pitching wood. Derrick is right tho about Harris, you cant go wrong fishing the grass pretty much year round out there, there isnt a whole lot of other options at Harris in my opinion, very few rock piles, and the wood that is out there is covered in really nasty slime that grabs your bait as soon as it hits the water.

Now, wheeler lake is a thorn in my side, if they are on beds out there i can catch them, otherwise its a crap shoot. I hear chatterbaits and shakey heads were what caught most of the fish in our tournaments last year, but no luck for me.

Tillery is a fun lake. You can catch 30 fish a day out there and all of them are 1lbers. The key is finding a big kicker fish to anchor your bag. Biggest one i have ever caught there was just under 4lbs, everything else is usually in the 1 1/2 to 2lb range. Buzzbaits are killer there for me, and of course its loaded with docks, so skipping a worm or a jig is always deadly. Hope this helps and i look forward to fishing with you some this year